Bishop O’Dowd golfer Sydney Silva is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for Oct. 21-26.
In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Silva finished with 53.88% of the votes. The King’s Academy flag football player Mia Bennette took second at 29.31%.
Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.
Silva, a senior committed to Arizona, led the Dragons to a West Alameda County Conference title, carding a 3-under-par 68.
To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email [email protected] by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.
We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.
Votes by email do not count. Only votes submitted through the online poll on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites will count.
Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News and East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.
